Why is a higher minimum wage bad but tariffs are good?

[WuWei]

@tnt

Fewer people would need government assistance.
Government spending would go down perhaps allowing for even more tax cuts
More Americans would make some contribution - small though it may be - because they would be above the cut off for federal taxes

You actually believe that.

[WuWei]

@mobulis

To provide work for people.

even you don’t believe that.

[Drs]

There is no more to cut that is taking it to zero for a minimum wage earner.

Why do you care about national debt?

Why should I care more just make way more than minimum wage?

[WuWei]

@Drs

There is no more to cut that is taking it to zero for a minimum wage earner.

Why do you care about national debt?

Why should I care more just make way more than minimum wage?

So they already aren’t contributing and you want to force business owners to give them more? At what hourly rate on a 40 hour week do they start paying taxes?

Just the kind of slick bitch I am.

Is the cost of living the same country-wide?

[Call_me_Ishmael]

@tnt

Sorry- he money in their pocket? Yes. If it comes from the Corp they work for then the taxpayers don’t have to pay to keep them alive. Then government spending goes down. Win win.

Worker gets more. We don’t pay for his food and shelter. Government spending goes down. Prices may rise but then only for the people who choose to buy that product.

Best solution all the way around.

I didnt read anything there about the workers’ responsibility.
Does he have to know how to do something of value? Does he have to get to work on time?

[tnt]

It’s not a matter of belief. Its a matter of math.

[WuWei]

Try history.

[Excast]

@WuWei

I am not a corporation, what the corporate tax rate is couldn’t be more irrelevant to me. Did the “workers” get a tax break or not?

Of course it’s relevant to you. When the same government that gives massive breaks to the wealthiest and corporations suddenly can’t seem to find money to pay for basic services that most workers rely on, who gets left holding the bag?

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@WuWei

Why is a higher minimum wage good, but tax cuts are bad?

Tax cuts in general or for the rich. I’ve never heard liberals complain about tax cuts for the poor/middle class. Trickle down doesnt work.

[dantes]

I guarantee people will start talking only about federal income tax if this conversation goes any further.

This is an overly narrow way to look at taxes. Total tax burden is still mostly progressive but levels off at high incomes.

I’d favor attempts to make the total tax burden more linearly progressive over incomes with reduction of tax burden on the lowest quintile and increases on the highest quintiles.

I like these graphs the best to encapsulate total tax burdens across incomes.

https://www.ctj.org/who-pays-taxes-in-america/

[Plasmaball]

So then would you agree to raising rates so if people saved money it would collect?

[party-free]

@mobulis

You can give proof that rising min wage causes real wages to fall.

Yeah, that’s a weird, unsubstantiated assertion with literally no proof.

[tnt]

That too.

When middle and lower class wages were higher, government safety net spending was lower.

This is not rocket science.

[party-free]

It really wasn’t. Just talking points with no proof. But you love those.

[WuWei]

@Excast

basic services that most workers rely on

You rely too much.

[WuWei]

@ImRightYoureWrong

Tax cuts in general or for the rich. I’ve never heard liberals complain about tax cuts for the poor/middle class. Trickle down doesnt work.

Yet the claim is trickle up does?

[WuWei]

You found a data point that supports that list of fairy tales?

[FreeAndClear]

Correlation isn’t causation.

[WuWei]

@party-free

It really wasn’t. Just talking points with no proof. But you love those.

Trump has made you an idiot. Get away from me.

[WuWei]

It can be and most often is.